al-Wihdat

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al-Wihdat SC
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Basic data
Surname al-Wihdat Sports Club
Seat Amman
founding 1956
Website alweehdat.net
First soccer team
Head coach Ahmed Matar
Venue King Abdullah II Stadium
Places 13,000
league Jordan League
2018/19 3rd place
home
Away

The al-Wihdat SC ( Arabic الوحدات, DMG al-Wiḥdāt ) is a sports club from Amman in Jordan . The club plays in the country's highest league, the Jordan League . The club plays its home games at the King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman, which can hold up to 13,000 spectators.

Club history

The club was founded in 1956. The club had to wait until 1980 before it could win its first major title. In 1980 the club won the first of a total of 11 championships. The last one was won in April 2009. Then there was the win of the national cup. The club has been taking part in the AFC Cup as champions since 2005 . The club was able to reach the semi-finals in both 2006 and 2007. Both times, Al-Wihdat met league rivals Al-Faisaly and failed in the end.

Club successes

National

Champion: 1980, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1996/97, 1997, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018
Winner: 1982, 1985, 1988–89, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14
Winners: 1989, 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
  • Community Shield: (8)
Winner: 1982, 1983, 1988, 1995, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2010

Continental

Semi-finals: 2006, 2007, 2011

Individual evidence

  1. rsssf.com: Overview of the masters

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